St. Paul daily globe., 1887-08-29
Col. BIethen Red Headed
Again, and After the Scalp
of a Hated Rival.
The Last Touches on the EX-
position---Rules for the
Athletic Exhibition.
A Scene at the Main Salvation
Army Barracks---Losses
in Land.
ADULTERATED MILK.
Result of the Analysis of Eight
SamnIes Sold in the City.

Result of the Analysis of Eighty
Samples Sold in the City.
The agitation recently instituted con-
cerning the sale of aduIterated and i'm
pure milk has reached point when
there is prospect that some practical
effort will be made to modify. if not en-
tirely remedy, the evil. The city council
at its last meeting decided not to appoint
a milk inspector as had been SuS-
gested. but to place the inspection
of milk and the prosecution OF
offending dealers within the control of
the board of health. The bOfrl has
caused some eighty samples OF milk,
bought from wagons and delivered TO
private families, hotels and restaurants,
to be analyZed by DIR. Charles w. Drew,
professor of chemistry at the Minnesota
Hospital college. The reason for not
appointing milk inspector becomes
apparent from his report. III
which he states that the lacto-
meter used generally by inspectors Tor
determining the specific gravity OF mix,
is unreliable in aScertalnlng the pres
ence of an undue quantity OF water IN
milk, so that any one who assumes to
determine the presence of water III
Illllh Is lldDlt W DC
and to pass milk as pure which is Seri-
ouSly adulterated. and to condemn that
which is entirely pure. OF the eighty
samples examined by the professor, of
which thirty-twO came from hotels and
restaurants and fOrty-eight from dairy
men. OF the entire eighty. fOrty-slX. or
57.5 per cent. are below the limit estab-
lished by law Of the samples from the
hotels and restaurants 60 per cent, and
of those from dairymen 81 per cent. are
illegal. OF the fOrty-SiX adulterated
samples thirty-tWO are deficient i'll fat
TO VARYING extent. five contain from
to 13 per cent. of water in excess, while
nine are deficient i'll fats or also contain
an excess of water. AS to the result
the professor says:
I consider this as exceedingly unsatisfac-
tory, since it demonstrates that vast fraud
is being perpetrated upon the entire people.
against which they have no means OF pro-
tecting themselves. Much has been threat
ened by the dairy commission and little ac-
complished, and since the results OF the Lac
tometer investigation at present being carried
on are proven to be SO entirely valueleSs in
SuppresSing the traffic i'll adulterated milk, 1t
seems to me thaSthe only method by which
any good results can be accomplished Is by
placing the entire matter OF milk lnSpectlon
in the hands of the board of health, with the
power to open vigorous campaign against
dairymen who infringe the law. From time
TO time an inspector could be detailed to col
lect samples of milk and transmit them to
some cOmpetent analyst authorized by the
board to be examined and reported upon,
and if they are found below the legal limit
prosecutions cOuly be instituted by the board.
] am convinced that such precedence
would produce desirable results, while none
other seems likely to do so.
The statute regarding milk inspection
1c hot oil IArocncnt1nnC nn6pr
this act relating to the sale and manu-
facture of unclean, impure, unhealthy
or adulterated milk, if the milk be
shown to contain more than 81 per
centum of water fluids, or less than 13
per centum of milk solids, which shall
contain 81 per centum OF fat. 1t shall be
declared adulterated." What will be
done to correct and prevent the sale OF
adulterated milk remains to be seen,
but Judging from the energy with which
Health Inspector KilvingtOn has prose-
cuted the duties of his office, it is pre-
sumed that energetic steps will be
taken. The following is a resume of
&e result of the chemical analysis of
- slightly samples of milk:
HOTELS.
Sest hotel, deficient in fat
Sicollet house. deficient in fat.
81 James hOtel deficient i'll fat.
=. Charles hotel. contains D per cent. ex-
SsSS CT water.
Thelien hotel. deficient in fat.
Ober's hotel, deficient in fat.
Excelsior hotel contains 10 per cent. ex-
cess of water.
Garrity's hotel, contains II per cent. ex-
cess of water.
RESTAURANTS. ETC.
Taylor's restaurant, deficient in fat.
Gong restaurant. deficient i'll fat.
Union depot restaurant, contains per
8 4 i Aafs.. E.F
Littlejohn's restaurant, containsI per cent
excess of water and Is deficient i'll fat.
Regan Bros restaurant. deficient in fat.
Browns restaurant, deficient in fat.
Badger restaurant. deficient in fat
GilchriSt's restaurant. contains per cent.
excess of water and is deficient in fat.
DavidSOn'S restaurant. deficient in fat
Gillespie Il Perkins, deficient in fat.
Vienna cafe. contains z per cent excess of
water and is deficient in fat.
A JohnSons restaurant, deficient in fat.
Rosback's s restaurant, contains IL per cent
excess of water.
A Y Johns, deficient in fat
Hendrickson, deficient in fat.
A. Anderson, contains 13 per cent. excess
OF water.
Wheeler & Son, deficient i'll fat.
ii. S. Silloway, deficient in fat.
ID. d. Sullivan, contains 3 per cent. excess
of water and is deficient i'll fat
P. NJ. Nilsson, deficient in fat
John Miller, deficient in fat.
p Munsun, deficient in fat
J. +. Hanson. contains ; per cent. excess of
water and is deficient in fat.
A Abrahamson. deficient in fat.
T. Bonn d Co.. contains 12 per cent. excess
of water and Is deficient in fat.
Clark Warner. deficient in fat.
P II. Peterson, deficient i'll fat.
A. s. Peterson, contains 10 per cent. excess
of water and is deficient in fat.
H. Foss deficient in fat.
NJ. p. Olson, deficient in fat
Graham d Lund, deficient in fat.
o. Johnson. contains 4 per cent. excess of
water and is deficient in fat
ii. C. johnson. deficientin fat.
s. L. Anderson, deficient in fat.
George Peterson, deficient in fat.
j. Lasier, deficient i'll fat.
O. A. Nordberg, deficient in fat.
Barnard Il Verrell, deficient in fat.
THE CRUEL WAR AGAIN.